Efficacy of family-based psychological interventions on marital satisfaction of pregnant mothers and their infant's birth weight

The aim of the present study was to investigate the efficacy of family-oriented psychological interventions on marital satisfaction of pregnant mothers as well as their infant’s birth weight.
population of this quasi-experimental comprised all pregnant women which were in their first quarterly of gestation and came to Madaen Hospital for gestation cares. 30 pregnant mother were chosen by convenient sampling and assigned to experimental and control groups. All of mothers completed Afrooz Marital Satisfaction Scale as pre- and post-test and also the weight of their infants was measured after birth. Experimental group underwent family-oriented psychological interventions for 16 consecutive sessions once a week.
Data analysis by ANCOVA and MANCOVA showed that family-oriented psychological interventions would improve marital satisfaction of pregnant mothers (pThese findings suggest the importance of implementation of family-oriented psychological interventions in gestation period and having educational programs to enhance psychological characteristics of pregnant women as well as increasing infants’ birth weight.